Halloween here we come...
The burden of joys of Halloween...
For those of you who may not know what this public holiday which is about to descend on us is about - Halloween, I think it's a pagan practice of devil worshiping that has been commercialized and made to look innocent and fun. For luck of finding anything to entertain us in the winter months, persons take to dressing in ghoul outfits resembling dimembered corpses or a cross between the Texas chainsaw massacre and Michael Jackson's Thriller video.
They then go forth to play a version of knock-down ginger or is it tommy knockers? on strangers homes. (Salespeople take heed - there's a method to this madness which might just work to your cred! ) The idea is they knock: you answer; they ask you "trick or treat"?; and you get the choice of picking whichever takes your fancy.
In my years of answering the goddamn door, I've yet to see or hear a trick worth getting up to answer the door for, let alone hand out the treats I and so many others are pressurised into buying and stocking up in wait for this carry-on. Most often I think some of us do so out of cowardice - your really don't wanna upset those ghoul-lookalikes less they follow up a visit when you least suspect and push dog-excrement through your letterbox! This is almost comparable to a similar scenario of kids on streets chanting "penny for the kid" - the "kid" in question is no other than a haphazardly made doll in remembrance of Guy Fawkes who wanted to change the layout of English politics. If he only knew how his act has been a source for so much enterpreneurship - in fact his infamous plan appears to have gone down in history more so than those who got him punished, ... returning to some of these kids on the streets... you don't wanna annoy them by not donating something to them when they stop to ask you - you may walk away with something not quite so nice as a memoir.
So we cosy up to Autumn/fall, watch the leaves on the trees change colour before joining the circle of life. We start reacquainting ourselves with the pub/bar scene in addition to all those warm puddings/desserts and fat-laden meals to keep our bodies well cushioned for the cold months up ahead. And so we keep a watchful eye out on any resemblance for entertainment before Christmas takes a grip, making Halloween a start of winter diversions ... better head on down to fill up those treat bags to lay in wait for those tommy knockers!